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THE BATTALION
7
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Aggies fall to 9th
in Big 12 tourney
It was an all Oklahoma
tournament at the women's
Big 12 golf championships in
Kansas this weekend, as
Oklahoma State took top
honors. OSD was led by sen
ior Emma Zachrisson, who
took first in the individual
standings. The Oklahoma
Sooners finished just three
shots back to take the sec
ond place honors.
The Aggies, who entered
the tournament with hopes
of a top five finish, left with
a disappointing ninth place.
The Aggies could not over
come a poor first round
team score of 33-over par
and missed their goal of the
top five by 12 strokes.
Senior McKenzie Dyslin,
who shot a three round total
of 227, only four shots out of
first, led the Aggies. Dyslin
had an impressive second
round, shooting a one-under
par 71 on her way to a sixth
place finish.
Melton honored
by conference
Texas A&M freshman golfer
Nicole Melton was named
the Big 12's Freshman of the
Year in a vote from the
league's coaches. Melton led
the Aggies in scoring at 76.16
and set A&M's freshman
record for stroke average.
Melton was also named
second-team All-Big 12 after
finishing the season with
nine top-20 finishes in 11
tournaments this season.
Fjve of her finishes this sea
son were in the top 10.
Ags look to bounce back against Rice
A&M faces No. 2 Owls for 2nd time
By Doug Fuentes
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M baseball team will
have little time to recover from its series
loss to Baylor over the weekend as the
Rice Owls head to Olsen Field for a
non-conference tilt at 7 p.m.
The 19th-ranked Aggies, who
defeated Baylor, 8-7, on Friday night at
Olsen Field, lost two straight games to
the Bears at Baylor Ballpark.
The losses ciropped the Aggies (31 -
15, 10-8 Big 12), who came into the
weekend tied for second in the Big 12,
into fifth place, percentage points
behind Nebraska and Oklahoma State
who are tied for third.
A&M’s loss to Baylor and drop in
the standings can be attributed to its
weak hitting over the weekend.
Already near the bottom of the Big
12 Conference in hitting with a .290
average, the Aggies managed to hit just
.227 in the three games against Baylor.
“I think we’re second to last in con
ference in hitting so that’s not our
thing,” said A&M head coach Mark
Johnson. “I don’t come into a game
dreaming that we’re going to get 25
runs. We just have to play our game
which is defense and pitching and hope
we can do some things offensively.”
A&M’s defense and pitching are
what has been keeping them in games
as of late. The Aggies’ are fielding the
ball at a .968 clip and the pitchers’ ERA
is 3.68, both near the top of the Big 12.
“It all stems on each other,” said
A&M catcher Rusty Meyer. “Our pitch
ers are going out and doing a great job
if you ask me. They’re doing all they
can do with the teams we’re playing.
We have to get together as a team offen
sively and compete every inning and
every at bat.”
Trying to come together as an offen
sive unit will be a rough task for A&M
as the No. 2 Rice Owls come calling.
The Owls (35-8, 17-1 WAC) moved
up to the number two spot in the polls
after sweeping Hawaii in a three-game
series over the weekend.
Rice will send freshman right-han
der Jeff Niemann to the hill in an
attempt to keep the Aggie bats quiet.
Niemann enters the game with a 4-0
record and a 2.66 ERA. In 47 1/3
innings of work, Niemann has 35
strikeouts and walked 21.
A&M will counter with left hander
Stephen Ponder. Ponder (1-1, 5.40) is
coming off a stellar performance last
Wednesday as he fanned 11 batters and
allowed two hits in six innings against
Southwest Texas State.
DALLAS SHIPP • THE BATTALION
A&M senior outfielder Eddie Lang attempts a bunt during the Aggies’ 4-2 loss to the Baylor
Bears on Sunday at Baylor Ballpark in Waco. A&M plays Rice tonight at 7 p.m. at Olsen Field.
Aggies desperately need bats to heat up during stretch run
H ow quickly things can
change. In its weekend
series with Baylor, the
Texas A&M baseball team
dropped from having a chance
at sole possession of first
place in the Big 12 to sole
ownership of fifth place after
dropping a two-game set to the
Bears in Waco.
The Aggies (31-15, 10-8 in
Big 12) avoided the series
sweep by taking
an 8-7 decision
at Olsen Field in
the series opener,
but appeared to
have left their
bats in College
Station.
The Aggies hit a paltry . 174
in the two games in Waco,
including a 1-for-16 mark with
runners in scoring position.
TRUE BROWN
A&M’s lone hit
with a runner in
scoring position
did not come until
the eighth inning
of Sunday’s game,
when Justin Pouk
singled in Coby Mavroulis
from second base.
While some of it can be
credited to solid pitching by
Baylor, the Aggies looked a
step behind all weekend.
“We’re not a good hitting
ball club,” said A&M head
coach Mark Johnson. “I can’t
ask the guys to do more than
they are capable of.”
The Aggies are one of two
teams in the Big 12 that is hit
ting below .300 as a team.
Kansas, who owns a 3-14
league record, is the other.
In contrast, the league’s first
place team, the University of
Texas, owns a .332 team aver
age and leads the conference in
hitting.
But Johnson will be the first
to tell you that A&M prides
itself on pitching and defense.
The Aggies currently sit in
third place in the league with a
3.68 ERA.
See Need on page 10
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@ 9pm & 11pm
Domino Tournament
starting @ 10pm
Free showing of Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer’s Stone
in Rudder Theater @ 9:30pm
Arts & Crafts
in the basement
all night
$250 give-Jlway
at Midnight
Free Pancake & Egg
breakfast in 12th Man
@ midnight
Free Dance Dance
Revolution all night
$20 Gift Certificates
Door Prizes
Free Bowling and
Billiards in the
basement all night
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